Are you managing employees who work from home?

Many types of workers – those who predominately use computers for their work – now are working at home. So if you operate digital marketing agency, multimedia/graphic design company, a publishing business, or a computer/consulting agency, chances are your workers are well on their way to decent productivity.

But even if your business is construction, if you offer facility maintenance services, etc. and your employees or contractors often have to work at a client’s site or other location other than an office, you probably have at least a few employees who can work from home: admins, accountants, HR professionals, and so on.

Are you – and possibly your employees – still “getting the hang” of remote work?

Focus just on controlling what you can control (and encourage your workers to do the same): There’s so much none of us can control right now and it’s understandable that this realization can cause each and every one of to have – well – a major freakout. Instead, encourage your employees to focus on what they, personally can control. Can your AP/AR clerk make all the vendors who haven’t yet paid pay their bills so that your company won’t go under itself? No! But she can reach out to them and ask if they are undergoing hardship and perhaps offer them a more lenient payment plan.

A robust Enterprise Resource Planner (ERP) can help

An ERP can help your managers manage from home and your employees working at home….work at home.

In other words, if by chance you’re a bit late to the game regarding offering remote work to employees, if one asks you “how do I work at home?” an ERP is your best answer.